Notlith · Cardiff
Venue and shop video in Cardiff: from the arcades to the market hall
Cardiff's city centre keeps a good share of its shops under glass roofs: the Victorian and Edwardian arcades running between Queen Street, St Mary Street and The Hayes, and the indoor market with entrances on St Mary Street and Trinity Street. Regulars know them well; first-time visitors walk straight past. Notlith makes venue and shop videos remotely from your photographs, with AI-assisted motion, editing, colour and sound, designed to help people find you and come in.
Remote production · From your photos
In an arcade, the entrance is the first scene
A shop in the Castle Arcade, the Royal Arcade or the Morgan Arcade sits inside a passage that opens off busier streets. A visitor needs to know which arcade, which end and roughly how far along. We often open a shop film on the arcade itself, from your own photographs, then move to your shopfront, so the route is clear before the products appear.
Inside, units are often compact, with tall ceilings and period details. Generated movement respects that: shelving keeps its true depth, glazing and ironwork stay intact, and a narrow unit is never widened for a smoother pan. Product close-ups follow, reconstructed from your own photographs and checked against the stock you actually carry.
A stall in Cardiff Market
Traders in the market work in a shared hall with its own sounds and light, under a roof they do not control. A film for a stall can still feel distinct: the counter, the produce or goods, the hands that weigh and wrap. We use your photographs of the stall and its stock and keep the wider market as context rather than claiming the whole building.
Because many market customers come by habit, the most useful film may be a short vertical clip for social channels, showing what has just come in or what returns with the season. The edit is structured so that one product shot can be replaced without reworking the rest, which keeps updates simple.
Spaces for hire
Some Cardiff venues sell the room itself: a rooftop terrace in the centre, a function space in the Bay, a gallery available for launches, an upstairs room above a pub. Event planners want layout, light and access before they read a price. We sequence your photographs to show the entrance, the empty room, the room dressed and the facilities a planner will ask about.
Capacities, accessibility and catering options come from your approved information and appear as clear titles. A dressed version is shown only if you have photographs of the space set up for a real event; a proposed layout is labelled as an illustration. Planners should be able to picture their own event without being misled about yours.
Where the film will play
A shop film works in several places: on your Google Business Profile, on a screen in the window, in Instagram Stories and on your website. Each needs different framing and length. A window loop has no sound and must read from across the arcade, while a social clip needs a strong opening frame and a single message.
Opening hours, seasonal events and offers belong in short separate cuts so the core film stays accurate. Review happens in two rounds, with comments pinned to the exact moment in the video, and the quote specifies formats, durations and where the film may be used.
Fictional concept created with AI
In pictures
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Plan the details
Can you show the arcade without the other shops' signs?
The arcade is kept as it is. Neighbouring shops may be visible as context, but they are not promoted, and no signage is removed or invented.
We share a unit with another business. Is that a problem?
No. Tell us which areas are yours. The film presents your part clearly and does not imply that you occupy the whole space.
Can you film our opening night?
Not live. If you photograph or film the evening, we can turn that material into a recap or a promotional cut afterwards.
Do we need professional photographs?
Not always. Sharp images taken in good light, covering the entrance, the room and the products, are often enough. We tell you if anything needs retaking.
Start with your images
Send us photographs of your entrance, interior and stock, and tell us how customers usually find you, and we will plan a film around that route.